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What About Me?

I’m a photographer based out of Eugene, OR. In my photography I like to focus on dramatic landscapes, hi quality portraits, real estate listings, and photographing other people’s beautiful art. For more info about my photographic services be sure to visit my Emerald Studio Photo blog.

I actually began my artistic life creating these beautiful Digital Mandala images. They are created from photographs that I take. Mandala literally means “circle” and is an ancient Sanskrit term. Having been used to some extent within every human philosophy and religion since time began, Mandalas share a rich tradition of exhibiting beauty, transforming individuals, uses in meditation and reflection exercises, and healing. Traditionally Mandalas are drawn and created in sculpture, whereas, the Mandalas on this page earn the Digital Mandala title by being 100% digitally created images.

It is my desire to share these images with you through this page. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

“Without love, our society is in a very difficult state; in the future, we will face tremendous problems. Love is the center of human life.” ~Dalai Lama

“Use the tonglen practice to see how you can place the anger or the fear or the loneliness in a cradle of loving-kindness.” ~Pema Chödrön

“The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.” ~Art Van Der Leeuw

“Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It’s like the ultimate rest. It’s better than the best sleep you’ve ever had. It’s a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.” ~Hugh Jackman

“Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti

“We are so locked into this sense of burden—Big Deal Joy and Big Deal Unhappiness—that it’s sometimes helpful just to change the pattern.” ~Pema Chödrön

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” ~Benjamin Franklin

“An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.” ~James MacNeill Whistler

“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.” ~Johann Gottfried Von Herder

“Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.” ~Maya Angelou

“The first noble truth recognizes that we also change like the weather, we ebb and flow like the tides, we wax and wane like the moon.” ~Pema Chödrön

“If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.” ~St. Clement of Alexandra

“The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.” ~Pema Chödrön

“Happiness comes through taming the mind; Without taming the mind there is no way to be happy.” ~Dalai Lama

“One of the most powerful teachings of the Buddhist tradition is that as long as you are wishing for things to change, they never will.” ~Pema Chödrön

“The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.” ~Pema Chödrön